''Neuer Weg'' (

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

: ''New Path'') was the official media outlet of the

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

ruling party, Socialist Unity Party (SED). Its subtitle was ''organ des Zentralkomitees der SED fur Fragen des Parteilebens'' (German: ''Organ of the Central Committee of the SED for questions of party life''). The magazine was in circulation between 1946 and 1989.

History and profile

''Neuer Weg'' was started in 1946. Its publisher was Dietz Verlag based in

East Berlin East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...

. The magazine was first published monthly. Then its frequency was switched to weekly, but from 1953 it came out biweekly. It featured theoretical articles written by the leading members of the SED, including

Werner Lamberz Werner Lamberz (14 April 1929 – 6 March 1978) was a senior politician in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). In a system under which political advancement was generally achieved only slowly and the men who reached the higher levels ...

. The editorial board members of the magazine and also, of ''

Einheit ''Einheit – Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis des Wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus'' (English: Unity – Journal for Theory and Practice of Scientific Socialism) was the theoretical journal of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. History The ...

'', another official journal, were closely oversaw by the wife of

Walter Ulbricht Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (; 30 June 18931 August 1973) was a German communist politician. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later (after spending the years of Nazi rule in ...

, Lotte Kühn, during the former's term as first secretary of the SED. ''Neuer Weg'' folded in 1989.

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